culero

Spanish

Etymology

From culo +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈleɾo/ [kuˈle.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: cu‧le‧ro

Adjective

culero (feminine culera, masculine plural culeros, feminine plural culeras)

1. (Mexico) ugly, lackluster (unpleasant or possessing bad quality)

Noun

culero m (plural culeros, feminine culera, feminine plural culeras)

1. (Mexico, vulgar) a mean or bad person, a person whom the speaker dislikes: an "asshole"/"arsehole"
2. (Mexico) coward
3. (El Salvador, Honduras, vulgar, offensive) a homosexual person
4. drug mule
5. sluggard
6. diaper, nappy

Usage notes

• Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.

Further reading

• “culero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28